Ab initio study of proper topological ferroelectricity in layered perovskite La2Ti2O7

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  López Pérez, Jorge ^a   Íñiguez, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 80052395346     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075121     Document Type: Article

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